CyberCon Power & Utilities CISO Summit and Cybersecurity Conference, a solutions-oriented event for cybersecurity and operations leaders in the power and utility industry, announced that due to increased cyberthreats the U.S. power grid faces, and the urgent need to develop the cybersecurity workforce, CyberCon has expanded to three events in 2020.

Dates and locations for the CyberCon 2020 conference series include: March 30 - April 1 in Anaheim, California; June 23 - 25 in Boston, Massachusetts; and October 20 - 22 in Austin, Texas.

"We are in a Race to Protect the Grid and train a cybersecurity workforce to stay ahead of hackers and keep our Power On," said Barry Haest, founder of CyberCon and CEO of AlignExpo Conferences and Expositions. "CyberCon is a must-attend event series for the utility sector to share solutions on how to address the cybersecurity workforce shortage and protect the U.S. power grid from increasing cyberattacks."

A separately ticketed "Workforce Development Forum" scheduled for March 30 will provide strategies companies need to recruit, train and retain top cybersecurity talent. It comes during a time of upmost importance for U.S. cybersecurity as according to CyberSeek, the United States faced a shortfall of almost 314,000 cybersecurity professionals as of January 2019 - and many studies project the deficit to grow to 3.4 million, globally, by 2021.

Sponsorship packages and exhibit opportunities are available and online registration for CyberCon 2020 - Anaheim is now open.